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. 2019 Aug 18;9:100470. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100470

Table 1.

VARIABLES % of Population (N = 3,990,464)
Adverse Birth Outcomes
 Low Birthweight 4.97
 Pre-term Birth 8.89
Gestational Exposure to TGR
 Unemployment Rate 8.23 (mean)
 1st Tri Temporal Proximity to Recession
 Not Proximate to TGR 57.88
 During TGR 11.98
 Year Prior to TGR 20.93
 Year Post-TGR 9.21
 2nd Tri Temporal Proximity to Recession
 Not Proximate to TGR 57.19
 During TGR 11.95
 Year Prior to TGR 21.14
 Year Post-TGR 9.72
Home Values $522,584.20 (mean)
Neighborhood Disadvantage Index 29.97 (mean)
% Using Safe Net 64.55 (mean)
First Month of First Trimester
 January 8.35
 February 8.01
 March 8.18
 April 8.02
 May 8.27
 June 8.13
 July 8.11
 August 8.20
 September 8.20
 October 8.75
 November 8.68
 December 9.10
Demographic Controls
 Mother's Education
 No HS Degree 25.48
 HS Degree 49.35
 BA or More 25.17
 Mother's Age
 <20 years 8.77
 20–34 years 73.61
 35–39 years 14.08
 40 + years 3.53
 Mother's Race/Ethnicity
 NH White 28.42
 NH Black 5.63
 NH Other 13.78
 Hispanic 51.88
 Missing 0.28
 Father's Race/Ethnicity
 NH White 27.69
 NH Black 6.15
 NH Other 11.92
 Hispanic 47.80
 Missing 6.43
 U.S.-born 55.77
 Sex of Child: Female 48.77
 Parity
 First Birth 39.62
 Low 53.71
 High 6.67
 Payer for Birth
 Private Insurance 47.26
 Government 49.19
 Self-pay 2.06
 Other 1.25
 Unattended, None, No Charge 0.08
 Missing 0.16
 Body Mass Index
 Underweight 2.50
 Normal 30.42
 Overweight 15.72
 Obese 13.15
 Missing 38.22
 Pregnancy Behaviors
 WIC participation
 Yes 34.74
 Missing 35.17
 Smoked During Pregnancy
 Yes 1.47
 Missing 35.17
 Weight Gain During Pregnancy
 <16 lbs 8.31
 16–40 lbs 40.90
 >40 lbs 11.84
 Missing 38.95
 Adequacy of Prenatal Care
 Inadequate 8.76
 Adequate 4.25
 Intermediate 34.38
 Adequate Plus 52.61